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TO ALL WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, THOMAS MUORE, of 8G Marion street, in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Im provenient in Horse-Collarsg and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had 'to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved horse-collar.

Figure 2'is a. transverse section through the line xx, iig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

. '.lhis-invention'relates to an improvement in'the constructionof horse-collars, and consists in forming the collar of two pieces of leather, instead of ve or more, as usual, which two inside and outside leathers are shaped to fit the stuffed skeleton of a collar by the hand after being made soft by soaking in water in such manner that the inside piece of leather forming the throat of thecollar, and the outside piece of leather, shall bothextend continuously around the bend at the bottom ofthe collar, and meet again at the top, there to be either fastened together or left open in the ordinary way.

Collars, as usually made of several pieces, have o. seam across the bend at the bottom, on theinside and outside, rwhich seam is apt to'open under the strain ofthe pole-strap, and exposure to` rainnnd perspiration that settle in it. For this reason acollar made in the -usual way frequently gives way at this part before other parts are injured materially by service. Y

My improved plan of construetin` a horse-collar of two pieces, with a Whole throat, makes it stronger, neater, and more serviceable. The inside ofthe collar is `formed, as shown in iig. 1, of zii single piece of leather, a, extending from the top, and bent around at the bottom continuously, without a seam; and the outside is also formed,.in the sume manner, of e. single piece of leather, b, bent'around at the bottom without a crosslseam. The two pieces of leather are stretched and shaped by hand when water-soakcd, to adapt all parts to the curvatures and indentations required to t the stuffed skeleton, which is prepared in the usual way. The sides of the two pieces are then sewed together, thus requiring only two seams all aroundithe collar to secure it, as shown clearly in the drawing.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure'by Letters Patent, is-

Forming a horse-collar with one outside and one inside leatherpiece joined together at the sides, with two seams only, and bent around continuously at the bottom, so as to make a collar with a whole throat, having no Cross-seam, arranged substantially as herein described. v

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this 10th dayo't` April, 1867.

THOMAS MOORE.

Witnesses:

WM. F. Me-NAMARA, ALEX. F. Rosmrs. 

